Cooking range



Oct. 3, 1939 TAYLOR 2,174,852

COOKING RANGE Filed Aug. 27, 1937 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Mg 1 5 N f Q 1i; \i W U M 1 5 I \L .2 I M I 4 0 M g m m n Wt n M F u I I A I -:1

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Patented Oct. 3, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COOKING RANGE v Application August 27, 1937, Serial No. 161,271

3 Claims.

This invention relates to domestic cooking ranges, one of the principal objects being to provide a range and accessory parts so constructed and arranged that the range may be placed substantially against the wall of the room in which it is located.

A more specific object is to provide a range having a top panel with integral drip pans formed therein for cooperation with the service burners and which panel may be swung upwardly to expose a compartment in which are accommodated, for ease of access, the connections to the heating elements and such electrical and other connections to various parts of the range as may be desirable. 7

Another object is to provide a splash panel and an improved exhaust flue for such a range which is constructed so that it may lie substantially against the wall of the room atthe back of the range without the necessity of the range being spaced an appreciable distance forwardly from the wall.

Another specific object is to provide panels for closing the ends of the space between the rear of the range and associated wall of a room and which panels are so constructed and arranged that they may, be installed easily before the range is in position andthe range moved directly thereagainst and various operating connections made after the range is in place.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the following specification, wherein reference is made to the drawings, in which:-

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a range and a fragmentary elevation of the wall and baseboard structure of a room in which the range is located, showing the relation therebetween;

Fig 2 is an end elevation of the range illustrated in Fig. 1, the wall and baseboard of the room being, shown in section for clearness of 11-,

lustration;

Fig. 3.is anenlarged top plan view, partly in section, of the range illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 41s a fragmentary sectional view of the range and wall taken on a plane indicated. by the body of the range being divided into the usual oven compartments 6, broiling compartment I and storage drawers or other suitable compartments.

The top portion of the range includes a top heat insulating wall 8 above which is spaced, in overhanging relation thereto, a top panel 9 through which the burners I0 are exposed. Burner covers I l are carried on the range in position to overlie the burners l0. Each cover It is hingedly connected at its rear margin to a vertical slide 12 so that it may be swung up- 10 wardly about its rear margin and dropped vertically behind the rear wall 3 of the range.

The top panel 9 is connected to the rear portion of the range by a hinge 13 so that it may be swung upwardly to the dotted position illustrated 15 in Fig 5. Suitable drip pans M are formed integral with and as part of the panel 9 so that when the panel is lifted,.the burners I0 and other parts in the space between the heat insulating wall 8 and the panel 9 are readily accessible.

In the space indicated at l5, which is between the panel 9 and wall 8, are means aflording connections for connecting the various burners and accessory equipment on the range to desired sources of power. In the form illustrated, the 25 burners 10 are provided with the usual mixing bells and are supported within the space between the panel 9 and wall 8 with the mixing bells disposed toward the longitudinal mid-portion of the range for cooperation with suitable so stop cocks l6 which have injection orifices discharging into the mixing bells. The stop cocks IS, in turn, are operated by suitable turn rods and handles I! which preferably extend through the adjacent end wallsof the range.

Extending longitudinallyoi the range in the space I5 is the gas supply manifold 58 to which the stop cocks I6 are connected. Extending rearwardly from the manifold Us a gas pipe IQ which terminates short of the rear wallof the range and is arranged for connection to an outside supply pipe ,at a point, within the space l5.- To effect this connection, an extension 20 extends into the space l5 from a main gas line 2| ,atthe;

rearof the range, and is provided witha suitable coupling 22 for. the extension .20 and pipe l9. Likewise included in the space, i5 is an electrical outlet box 25 having a number of plug-in receptacles, such as indicated at 26, these receptacles being provided so that electric clocks, regulators, oven lights and the like may be readily connected thereto, if desired. Suitable electrical wires 21, with the usual sabre plug-in element 28, extend from the box 25 in a position to plug into a wall receptacle 29 mounted in the wall of the room in the usual manner at the rear of the range. The space I5 is closed at the front of the range by an apron 9 which is hingedly connected by its upper margin to the panel 9 so as to render the space 15 more accessible for cleaning when the panel 9 is lifted.

At the upper rear of the range is a splash panel 30, thispanel being arranged so that its rear margin abuts the wall 3| of the room when the range is in position. In order to accommodate an exhaust flue of sufllcient capacity, the panel 30 has its-mid-portion, indicated at 3|, offset forwardly from the remainder thereof. An exhaust flue 32, which is connected to the rear of the range, extends upwardly and is par: tially accommodated in the portion 3| of the splash panel.

A decorative outer casing 33 is mounted on the range in spaced surrounding relation to the upper portion of the flue and in slightly forwardly spaced relation to the flue at the portion .above the level of the panel 9. Thus the heated flue is not exposed so as to cause smoking and burning of grease and the like which might accumulate thereon.

With the arrangement illustrated, it is possible to place the stove within two to three inches of the wall 4| as the pipe line 2| may lie along or very close to the wall 41. The upper rear portion of the casing 33 lies flush against the wall 4|. The splash panel 30 is provided near its ends with rearwardly extending closure plates 40 which may be integral therewith and which, along with the rear margin of the splash panel 30, abut and flt against the wall 4| of the room.

To close the small remaining space, between the rear corners of the range and the wall 4|,

' accessory panels 42 are provided. The panels 42 may be made of enameled metal or wood, but preferably the latter, for reasons hereinafter set forth. As illustrated in Fig. 3, the

panels 42 are provided with concentric bores 43 and 44 through which screws 45 extend for securing the wood panels in place against the wall with the screw heads disposed inwardly from the front face of the panels 42. The

panels are preferably about two inches fore and aft, an inch in width, and of the requisite length and shape at the top to fit snugly against the an opening 53 in which is seated a light bulb' 54 for illuminating the interior of the oven compartment 6 of the range. This light bulb preferably is connected directly in a socket 55 carried by the terminal box 25, and the socket be- I ing connected therein to the wires 21.

In installing the range, it is only necessary to mount the panels 42 on the wall of the room,

closely fitting the baseboard, as illustrated in Fig. 2. Thereupon, the range may be backed against the panels 42,,and electrical and gas connections to the various parts readily effected. For this purpose, the space 15 between the panel 9 and wall 8 is open at the rear, so as to permit ready access to the outside elements to be connected to the ranger Since the fire holes and drip pans l4 are in the panel 9 and the panel can be lifted, the burners and all parts in the space l5 are readily accessible for connecting them as desired. ,The only electrical connection at the back of the range is between the plug 28 and wall socket 29. These features, in combination with the flue arrangement, make possible thepositioning of the range substantially a ainst the wall or much closer thereto than is possible with the usual connections and flue.

While the invention has been disclosed in connection with a gas cooking range in connection with which many special advantages are obtained, it is likewise applicable, with considerable benefit, to electric ranges.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a cooking range having a top wall, a normally horizontal top panel mounted in spaced relation thereabove and hingedly connected at its rear margin to the range for swinging movement upwardly about said rear margin, means at the front and ends of the range closing the space between the panel and top wall, said space beingopen at the rear of the range, and heating elements and control means therefor located entirely within said space, said elements being supported independently of the panel; the panel having openings exposing the heating elements in the lowered position of the panel.

2. In a cookingrange having a top wall, a

, normally horizontal top panel mounted in spaced relation thereabove and hingedly connected at its rear margin to the range for swinging movement upwardly about said rear margin, means at the front and ends of the range closing the space between the panel and top wall, said space being open at the rear of the range, gas burners and control means therefor located entirely within said space and supported independently of the panel, and means within said space for eifecting a connection between said burners, .control means, and a source of supply, said top panel having openings exposing the burners for operation in the lowered position of the panel.

3. A range having a top wall and rear wall, a panel carried by the range in spaced relation above the top wall and normally horizontal and parallel to the top wall and connected to the range for swinging upwardly about the rear margin of the panel, drip pans carried by the panel and having fire holes therein for accommodating gas burners, gas burners disposed in the space between the panel and top wall of the range, a manifold disposed entirely within said space, said space being open at the rear of the range, and coupling means connected to the manifold and lying entirely within said space and arranged for connection with a gas line when an end of the line is presented within said space, and means within said space for operatively connecting the manifold and burners.

moms E. TAYLOR. 

